Meaning of religio | Babel Free

Definitions

1. scrupulousness, conscientious exactness
   declension-3
2. piety, religious scruple, religious awe, superstition, strict religious observance
   declension-3
3. scruples, conscientiousness
   declension-3
4. religious obligation, sacred obligation
   declension-3
5. sanctity
   declension-3
6. an object of worship, holy thing or place
   declension-3
7. religious offence
   declension-3
8. a system of religious belief, religion
   Late-Latin, declension-3

Equivalents

Examples

“nullam scelere religionem exsolvi”

Translation by Rev. Canon Roberts No religious obligation could be dissolved by a crime

“Est enim tanta apud eos eius fani religio atque antiquitas ut in eo loco ipsum Apollinem natum esse arbitrentur.”

The sanctity and antiquity of that temple is so great that they think Apollo himself was born in that place.

“religiōnem facere”

to make a religious offence

“Traditur inde, dictu mirabile et quod dimovendis statu suo sacris religionem facere posset, cum duodecim familiae ea tempestate Potitiorum essent, puberes ad triginta, omnes intra annum cum stirpe exstinctos; […]”

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